Tyson Beef Plant Fire Passes From Big Fear to Just a Glitch
Fears of economic hardship in the beef industry grew when a Tyson Foods Inc. processing plant just outside of Holcomb, Kansas, burst into flames on the evening of Aug. 9. read more >
Health Care
Workforce Training Project Produces $4.65M Sale (Real Deals)
The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services bought its 5401 S. University Ave. project from Steward & Young Inc., led by J.R. Young. read more >
Sage Investor Snags South Creekside Apartments (NWA Real Deals)
A Fayetteville apartment complex sold for $8.3 million to a partnership led by a Rogers real estate investor. read more >
After Merger, OrthoArkansas Looks to Expand
OrthoArkansas of Little Rock, which in January merged with Arkansas Specialty Orthopaedics, wants to add 10 to 15 physicians in the next three to five years. read more >
Boch Brings Disability Experience to PPGMR Law (Movers & Shakers)
Caroline R. Boch has joined the team at PPGMR Law in Little Rock. Ashlie Hilbun has been promoted to senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Arkansas Children's Inc. read more >
A-State Gets $419K Grant for Cancer Research (Movers & Shakers)
Guolei “Jason” Zhou of Jonesboro, associate professor of cell and cancer biology at Arkansas State University, and his research group have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their work. read more >
Blue Cross Promotes Burks, Dundee (Movers & Shakers)
George Burks has been promoted to lead executive of the group market segment for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield in Little Rock. David Dundee has been promoted to lead executive of individual products. read more >
UA Little Rock Gets $5.6M Grant for Bone Regeneration Tech
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $5.6 million grant for its NuCress scaffold, a bone regeneration technology. read more >
Herbology Sets Tentative Date: Little Rock Cannabis Dispensary Coming Nov. 7
Little Rock's first cannabis dispensary has set a tentative opening date of Nov. 7, ahead of state plans to punish medical marijuana outlets it sees as dragging their feet on starting operations. read more >
Hutchinson Announces Appointments to Boards, Commissions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson makes appointments to boards and commissions. read more >
Arkansas Banks Navigate Marijuana Road
Regulatory requirements, legal uncertainties blunt lending opportunities to the state's medical marijuana industry. read more >
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Coming Soon to Pulaski County
With only 10 Arkansas medical marijuana dispensaries running and the state pressing the other 22 licensed companies to move quickly, dispensaries in Little Rock and Sherwood plan to open late next month or in early December. read more >
SAFE Banking and Cannabis (Dan Roda Commentary)
SAFE Banking will also enable more banks to begin offering conventional loan products to cannabis operators, with a lower cost of capital than currently available from the mostly nonbank lenders filling this void today. read more >
Blandford Medical Building Visited by $7.4M Sale (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate of Pensacola, Florida, bought the 67,680-SF medical office building in midtown Little Rock. read more >
Shinn Celebrated for Schmieding Center Service (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Randy Shinn is the inaugural recipient of the Pat Walker Distinguished Chair in Senior Health at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health & Education in Springdale. read more >
U.S. Household Debt Reaches $13.67 Trillion
Household debt in the United States rose for the 19th straight quarter, reaching $13.67 trillion as of March 31. It's now 7.8% or $993 billion higher than the previous peak of $12.68 trillion, reached in the third quarter of 2008. read more >
Arkansas' Jobless Rate Rose to 3.5% in September
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point, from 3.4 percent in August to 3.5 percent in September, the state Division of Workforce Services reports. read more >
CHI St. Vincent Cuts 28 Positions Across State
CHI St. Vincent says it cut 28 positions, including 19 that were currently staffed. read more >
$1.3M in Delta Dental Grants Aim to Improve Oral Health
The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation of Sherwood unveils a $1.3 million grant program aimed at improving Arkansans' oral health. read more >
Express Rx to Buy 10 Fred's Pharmacies
Express Rx of Little Rock, a Southeastern regional pharmacy chain, is joining MHR Fund Management LLC of New York in an enterprise to acquire 10 Fred's pharmacy locations in rural areas across five Southeastern states. read more >
UAMS Institute Gets $4M Grant for Sexual Assault Program
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has been awarded a $4 million grant for its new digital health program that provides the expertise of sexual assault nurse examiners to rural hospital emergency departments. read more >
UCA Starts Work on $38M Integrated Health Sciences Building
The University of Central Arkansas breaks ground on its $37.7 million Integrated Health Sciences Building at Western Avenue and Bruce Street on its campus in Conway. read more >
Nonprofits See Hints Tax Law Has Cut Giving
Nonprofit executives in Arkansas and beyond can't say for sure if changes to the federal tax code in 2017 caused a drop in giving in 2018. But they didn't help. read more >
Midtown Medical Buildings Sold for Combined $34.4M
The Doctors Building and Midtown Medical Park off of University Avenue were both part of a $44 million deal that also included the former Sears properties. read more >
Texas Company Buys Ashland Performance Materials for $6M
This week's triple bill features industrial property in Jacksonville, a medical office building in Bryant and a trailer project between Cabot and Jacksonville. read more >
So Many Podcasts, So Little Time (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
The podcasting universe keeps expanding, and keeping my podcast subscriptions curated is as hard as limiting my purchases at a Trader Joe's. read more >
But We've Got Our Health (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
As many know, the pre-op regimen can be extensive. It includes purchasing several pieces of medical equipment to aid in the prevention of possible post-op problems. But where surgery is concerned, some preventive measures before and after surgery are not covered by insurance. Curious. read more >
WLR Petsmart Project Attracts $4.2M Acquisition (Real Deals)
An investment group composed of companies led by Haitham Alley and Bradley Davis purchased the Petsmart-Banfield Pet Hospital at 11400 Financial Centre Parkway. read more >
Lombard-Sims Selected Selected to Lead HR at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
Danielle Lombard-Sims has been named vice chancellor for human resources at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
Update: Cannabis Dispensary, Arkansas' 10th, Opens in Conway
A medical marijuana dispensary set to open Friday in Conway will be the state's 10th legal outlet for cannabis, state officials said Wednesday, a day after an Alcoholic Beverage Control leader lamented the slow rollout of dispensaries. read more >
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